Rajan is an Indian masculine given name and surname.

Notable people with this given name

Rajan Bakhshi Lieutenant General Rajan Bakhshi is a retired Indian Army General, who previously had served as the General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Central Command, in Lucknow. Prior to the aforementioned post, he was General Officer Commanding of ...

, Indian Army General officer * Rajan Bala (1946–2009), Indian columnist *

Rajan Batra Rajan Batra is a film producer and distributor, predominantly working in Punjabi films. He began his career as a film producer. Career Rajan started his business as a lawyer in 2003. He moved on to various other businesses like share broking d ...

(born 1976), Indian film producer * Rajan Batta, Indian-American engineer *

Rajan P. Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...

(1951–2009), Indian film actor * Rajan Devadas (1921–2014), American-Indian photojournalist *

Rajan Gurukkal Rajan Gurukkal (born 16 May 1948) is a leading Indian social scientist, historian, professor and writer. He has written many books and articles on different topics. He has also received awards for his works. Gurukkal is generally considered as l ...

(born 1948), Indian historian * Rajan Hoole, Sri Lankan mathematician *

Rajan Ishan Rajan Ishan ( ne, राजन ईशान , born 29 September 1978) is a Nepali singer-songwriter. He has also acted in movies, ''Karkash'', ''Awaran'', ''2 Rupaiyan'' and ''Rudrapriya''. Ishan began making music in 1996 and became popular af ...

(born 1978), Nepali singer * Rajan Kadiragamar (1922–2011), Ceylonese flag officer * Rajan Khosa, Indian writer * Rajan Koran (born 1981), Malaysian footballer *

Rajan Madhav Rajan Babu (born Chennai, India, 31 May 1975) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, working predominantly in Tamil cinema based in Chennai. Having born into a family that appreciates all forms of cinema, he has imbibed the quality to breath ...

(born 1975), Indian film director and screenwriter * Rajan Mahadevan (born 1978), Indian playback singer * Rajan Mahtani (born 1948), Zambian business magnate *

Rajan Mehra Rajan Mehra (23 November 1933 – 4 October 2010) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1986 and 1987 and three ODI games between 1982 and 1987. Mehta played 14 first-class matches for Delhi in the 1950s. See ...

(1993-2010), Indian cricket umpire *

Rajan Menon Rajan Menon (born 1953) is a political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, polit ...

(born 1953), Indian political scientist *

Rajan Mittal Rajan Bharti Mittal (born in 1960) is a first-generation Indian entrepreneur serving as vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises. Rajan graduated from Punjab University and completed his masters at Harvard Business School. Raja ...

(born 1960), Indian entrepreneur *

Rajan Mukarung Rajan Mukarung ( राजन मुकारुङ; born 24 February 1978) is a writer and novelist of Nepali literature. His novel '' Damini Bhir'' was awarded with Madan Puraskar for the year 2012. He is one of the initiators of the movement c ...

(born 1978), Nepali writer *

Rajan Pallan Rajan Pallan is an Indian National Congress politician from Thrissur city, India. He was the fifth mayor of Thrissur Municipal Corporation The Thrissur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the Thrissur city in Kerala, India. ...

(born 1965), Indian politician *

Rajan Pillai Rajan Pillai (1947 – 7 July 1995) was an Indian businessman, popularly known as the 'Biscuit Baron'. He died in custody four days after his arrest, largely because he was denied medical treatment while in custody; the subsequent investigations ...

(1947–1995), Indian businessman *

Rajan Rai Rajan Rai () is a Nepalese politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is also serving as member of Provincial Assembly. He is currently serving as Minister for Social Development of Province No. 1. Electoral history 2017 Nepalese ...

, Nepali politician * Rajan Raje (born 1957), Indian activist *

Rajan Salvi Rajan Salvi is a Shiv Sena politician from Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Rajapur Vidhan Sabha constituency of Konkan, Maharashtra, India as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected for thr ...

, Indian politician *

Rajan Sankaradi Rajan Sankaradi (6 November 19531 August 2016) was an Indian film director. He started his career as an assistant director under Balachandra Menon. He had directed the films '' Guruji Oru Vakku'' (1985), ''Meenathil Thalikettu'' (1998) and '' ...

(1953-2016), Indian film director *

Rajan Sankaranarayanan Rajan Sankaranarayanan is an Indian structural biologist and a group leader at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. He is known for his research in the field of protein translation, especially for his contribution i ...

(born 1968), Indian biologist *

Rajan Sarma ''Kaiyodu Kai'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Rajan Sarma. The film stars Aravind Akash, Yugendran and newcomer Sona, with Raghuvaran, Malaysia Vasudevan, Thalaivasal Vijay, Karunas, M. N. Rajam, Pasi Sathy ...

(born 1956), Tamil film director *

Rajan Sawhney Rajan Sawhney (born May 2, 1971) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-North East in the 30th Alberta Legislature. She is a member of the United Conservat ...

(born 1970–71), Canadian politician *

Rajan Saxena Rajan Saxena is an Indian management expert, academic & writer. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIMS, a deemed university in Mumbai, a former Director of Indian Institute of Management, Indore, S. P. Jain Institute of Management ...

, Indian writer *

Rajan Saxena (physician) Rajan Saxena was born on 01-03- in Lucknow and is Dean and Head of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, a medical institution of national importance in India and Padma Sh ...

, Indian medical doctor * Rajan Seth (born 1952), Indian cricket umpire *

Rajan Singh Rajan Singh also known as a Rajan Kumar Singh is a politician and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and former member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Aurangabad district, Bihar Aurangabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts o ...

, Indian politician * Rajan Sippy, Indian actor * Rajan Somasundaram, Indian composer *

Rajan Sushant Dr Rajan Sushant is an Indian politician and a member of Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2009 election he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kangra constituency in Himachal Pradesh on BJP ticket. He is a former member of Bhartiya Janata Party. ...

(born 1955), Indian politician * Rajan Tiwari, Indian legislator *

Rajan Vichare Rajan Vichare (born 1 August 1961) is an Indian politician and a Shiv Sena member of parliament representing Thane, Maharashtra in the 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament). He has also previously been a member of the Maharashtr ...

(born 1961), Indian politician

Notable people with this surname

Amol Rajan Amol Rajan (born 4 July 1983) is an Indian-born British journalist and broadcaster who has been the BBC's Media Editor since December 2016 and a presenter on the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021. Rajan was editor of ''The Indepen ...

(born 1983), Indian-born British journalist and broadcaster *

Chhota Rajan Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje (born 13 January 1959), popularly known by his moniker Chhota Rajan, is an Indian gangster who served as the boss of a major crime syndicate based in Mumbai. While living in Tilak Nagar, a big colony for the low-inco ...

(born 1959), Indian criminal and mobster *

Raghuram Rajan Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Quote: "I am an Indian citizen. I have always b ...

(born 1963), Indian economist *

Anna Rajan Anna Reshma Rajan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2017 with the film ''Angamaly Diaries''. She worked as a nurse in a private hospital in Kochi before making her first foray into fil ...

(born 1991), Indian film actress *

Pampadi Rajan Gajarajan Pampady Rajan ( ml, പാമ്പാടി രാജൻ;) ( 1977) also written as Pampady Rajan, is a notable Asian elephant. Pampady Rajan, born in Malayattoor, was bought in the 1970s at an auction from Kodanad elephant trainin ...

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